الحالة تغيرت.

The condition changed.

Breakdown of الحالة تغيرت.

• تغير: to change
• حالة: condition; state

Questions & Answers about الحالة تغيرت.

How would a Levantine speaker usually pronounce الحالة تغيرت?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is il-ḥāle tghayyarit.

A few notes:

• il-ḥāle = الحالة
• tghayyarit = تغيرت
• In fast speech, il- can sound more like l-, so you may hear l-ḥāle tghayyarit.

Useful sound hints:

• ḥ = the deeper Arabic ح, not a plain English h
• gh = غ, a throat sound somewhat like a French or Parisian r

Why is الحالة feminine?

Because حالة is a feminine noun in Arabic. The ending -ة usually marks feminine nouns.

In Levantine, حالة is usually pronounced ḥāle when it stands alone. Since it is feminine, the verb has to match it in gender.

So:

• الحالة = feminine singular
• therefore تغيرت is also feminine singular

Why does the verb end with -ت in تغيرت?

That -ت marks the past tense feminine singular form.

The subject here is الحالة, which is feminine singular, so the verb agrees with it:

• masculine singular: